{"nrhp_refnum":"94001066","name":"Parham, Maria, Hospital","other_names":["Maria Parham Apartments"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"406 S. Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Henderson","county":"Vance County","state":"NC","lat":36.32700643900006,"lon":-78.40796926799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, flat-roofed brick and concrete former hospital at the corner of Orange and Chestnut streets in Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925 and enlarged in 1941 and 1953, and now serves as senior apartments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the first modern hospital built for white patients in Vance County and the county's only hospital for white patients from 1925 to 1965. It is also tied to the movement to develop modern hospital facilities in North Carolina in the 1920s. Its rehabilitation preserved a tangible reminder of the community's health care history.","narrative":"Maria Parham Hospital is a three-story brick and concrete building at Orange and Chestnut streets in Henderson, North Carolina. Built in 1925 to designs by the Raleigh firm Linthicum and Linthicum, it opened with 27 beds and an operating room as a modern fireproof structure. Additions in 1941 and 1953 raised capacity to 75 beds, and the latter, the Dr. James H. Parker Memorial Wing, added a limestone portico entrance. The plain Colonial Revival design features rusticated first-floor brickwork, limestone trim and a classical cornice. Organized by local physicians and named for the mother of a Carolina Bagging Company figure, it was the only county hospital for white patients until a new facility opened in 1965. The old building later served as county offices, then sat vacant before being rehabilitated into senior apartments in 1992-93. Its listing recognizes its role in the growth of modern hospital care in Vance County and across North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"1925-1944","architect_builder":"Architect: Linthicum and Linthicum; contractor unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1992-93 into apartments for senior citizens; described as substantially intact. It stood vacant and deteriorating for a number of years before that.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.765956-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/7224/47722431/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/94001066.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001066/7adf00534b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001066/7adf00534b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MariaParamHospital_9876.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MariaParamHospital_9876.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722431","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Parham_Health","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987452"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/vance-county/parham-maria-hospital-94001066/"}